Biopolitics Beyond Foucault. A Critique of Agamben's Analysis on the Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly transformed our understanding of the world. This essay aims to address this phenomenon by critically investigating Giorgio Agamben's analyses, which are often considered paradigmatic. It also explores these reflections through the lens of some important Foucauldian categories used precisely to examine the pandemic condition. More specifically, the essay aims to investigate, on the one hand, what can be described as the paradoxical nature of Agamben's ethical-political position on pandemic management. On the other, it examines a possible application of the concept of biopolitics, developed by Foucault, beyond Foucault